BOULDER, Colo. - U.S.-led scientists say they've discovered
connections among the solar cycle, Earth's stratosphere and
oceans work in sync to produce global weather patterns.

Wave Data for East Coast
Most people are familiar with the Bureau of Meteorology’s waverider buoy on the west coast.
The CSIRO have a buoy that records wave height off the east coast near Maria Island. These data
are currently experimental and you need to cross check with the forecast.
The observation platform is located approximately five nautical miles east of Cape Boulanger.

SAN DIEGO - Bleached corals bounce back to normal growth
rates faster when they have clean water and lots of sea life
at their side, a U.S. university study indicated.

As you may be aware the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) is developing a smaller number of national awards covering all workers in all industries to commence on 1 January 2010. The process aims to rationalise the current State and Federal Award arrangements whilst providing for some flexibility with enterprise bargaining. Existing State Awards will no longer have the coverage or relevance they have had as these new national "Modern" Awards will provide coverage for nearly all workers.

INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION LAW

INTERIM REPORT IDENTIFIES MAJOR THEMES FOR REVIEW



An interim report has been released regarding the independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The Commonwealth Fisheries Association forwarded a comprehensive submission to the review and several of our recommendations have been acknowledged by Dr Hawke.

The azure waters teem with exotic fish, sea fans sway from jagged rocks. It could be yet another of the stories of the deep that captivate lovers of nature films — but something is wrong.

The violins are sawing too insistently. The threat is not the shadowy shark; the story is about to turn from natural history into unnatural horror.

A giant among giants!

Andrew Levings, a professional fisherman from Portland with a recently conferred PhD as well as an inspiring degree of commonsense, is the epitome of Deakin University’s desire to do meaningful research that makes a difference.

The great lobster crash
One of the scary things about recessions is how they have a tendency to spiral downward. For an illustration of this, consider P.E.I.'s lobster industry.

Crashing lobster prices worry fishermen

Lobster prices surged briefly over the holidays, but they are expected to fall again, signalling trouble for the P.E.I. spring lobster fishery.
— Fisheries Minister Allan CampbellP.E.I. lobster fishermen saw some of the lowest prices they'd had in decades last year, and this year is expected to be significantly worse. For an industry that's a mainstay in rural P.E.I., there are tens of millions of dollars at stake.

Yes, in the United States commercial fishing industry,
we are well aware of the End of the Line film and its imminent release. The U.S. environmental organization, Oceana, which has a strong anti-commercial fishing industry bent, has been working for a couple years to promote the film along with other non-mainstream NGOs and foundations promoting the specious--but media enticing--claims that the oceans will be empty of fish by 2048.

Federal Government has confirmed it will allow the 40% Dear CFA Members



As you would be aware, the Federal Government has confirmed it will allow the 40% government assistance for export certification on all export commodities to lapse on 1 July 2009. As a result, all primary producing exporters, including seafood, will be paying more for export certification.